Cnemaspis vangoghi KHANDEKAR, THACKERAY & AGARWAL, 2024
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Cnemaspis vangoghi
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| Higher Taxa | Gekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E:Van Gogh’s starry dwarf gecko |
| Synonym | Cnemaspis vangoghi KHANDEKAR, THACKERAY & AGARWAL 2024: 215 |
| Distribution | India (Tamil Nadu) Type locality: near Neer Katha Ayyanar Kovil (9.5108°N, 77.4529°E; ca 250 m a.s.l.), Srivilliputhur-Meghamalai Tiger Reserve, Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu state, India |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. NRC-AA-8342 (AK-R 1356), adult male; collected by Akshay Khandekar, Ishan Agarwal, Swapnil Pawar and team on 16 April 2022. Paratypes. NRC-AA-8343 (AK-R 1351), NRC-AA-8344 (AK-R 1352), adult males, same data as holotype; NRC-AA-8345 (AK-R 1358), adult female, from near Ayyanar Kovil waterfalls (9.5200°N, 77.4478°E; ca 400 m a.s.l.), same data as holotype; NRC-AA-8346 (AK-R 1373), NRC-AA-8347 (AK-R 1374), NRC-AA-8348 (AK-R 1380), adult males, from Settur Reserve Forest (9.4036°N, 77.3721°E; ca 350 m a.s.l.), same data as holotype except collected on 17 April 2022. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A small-sized Cnemaspis, snout to vent length ≤ 34 mm (n = 7). Dorsal pholidosis heterogeneous; smooth to weakly keeled granular scales intermixed with fairly regularly arranged rows of enlarged, weakly keeled, conical tubercles; 10 rows of dorsal tubercles at midbody, 7–14 tubercles in paravertebral rows; ventral scales subequal from chest to vent, smooth, subcircular and subimbricate with rounded end; 29–31 midventral scales across belly, 125–140 longitudinal ventral scales from mental to cloaca; subdigital scansors smooth, unnotched, some divided and others entire, a distinct enlarged metacarpal scale below digit I; 11–14 lamellae under digit I of manus and 11–13 under digit I of pes, 19–22 lamellae under digit IV of manus and 18–25 lamellae under digit IV of pes; males with continuous series of six or seven precloacal pores (n = 6); scales on non-regenerated tail dorsum heterogeneous; small, smooth, subcircular, flattened, subimbricate scales intermixed on anterior one third portion with enlarged, weakly keeled, and weakly conical tubercles forming seven whorls; six tubercles on first three whorl, four tubercles on fourth to seventh whorls, only a pair of paravertebral tubercles each on eighth to 11th whorls; rest of the tail lacking enlarged tubercles; median row of subcaudals smooth, roughly rectangular, distinctly enlarged, with condition of two enlarged scales alternating with a divided scale. Males with ochre anterior 1/2 of body, single central black dorsal ocellus on neck, a white ocellus on ventrolateral side of neck and one on throat posterior to jaw, venter off-white with dark throat, tail unbanded, females and juveniles brown, juveniles with indistinct mid-dorsal streak. (Khandekar et al. 2024) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 4174 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | Named after Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh (1853–1890). The colouration of the new species is reminiscent of one of Van Gogh’s most iconic paintings, The Starry Night. |
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